Denver corporate attorney Ty Cobb in the offices of his former law firm, Hogan & Hartson in 2004.

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White House senior adviser Jared Kushner speaks to the media outside the White House on Monday after meeting behind closed doors with the Senate Intelligence Committee on the investigation into possible collusion between Russian officials and the Trump campaign.

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White House Senior Advisor and President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner reads a statment in front of West Wing of the White House after testifying behind closed doors to the Senate Intelligence Committee about Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election at the White House July 24, 2017 in Washington, DC. In a statement released before the meeting, Kushner said he met with people who represented or may have represented the Russian government four times.

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President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One, Saturday, July 22, 2017, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Naval Air Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Va., to attend the commissioning ceremony of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78).

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President Donald Trump waves while walking down the Cross Hall of the White House after leaving a meeting with U.S. company representatives and featuring products made in the United States on July 19, 2017 in Washington, D.C.

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President Donald Trump has asked his advisers about his power to pardon aides, family members and even himself in connection with the Russia probe, according to a person familiar with the effort.

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In this March 1, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump, flanked by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., speaks during a meeting with House and Senate leadership, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Repeal and replace “Obamacare.” Just repeal. Or let it fail _ maybe with a little nudge. President Donald Trump has sent a flurry of mixed messages, raising questions about the White House strategy on health care.

Ty Cobb, a lawyer who represented some Qwest employees during the company’s financial scandal, told a legal news site he agreed to join President Donald Trump’s legal team because he couldn’t say no to the president.

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The White House named Cobb, a former federal prosecutor who was managing partner at Hogan & Hartson’s Denver office in 2004, special counsel. In his new position, he will be in charge of overseeing the White House’s legal and media response to investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 campaign, according to Bloomberg News.

Cobb said he will take a pay cut to represent Trump. Partners at Hogan Lovells, the law firm’s current name, earn an average $1.25 million a year, according to Law.com. Cobb, because he’s a longtime partner and is based in the U.S., may make more. The top salary for a White House lawyer is $179,700. Cobb said he didn’t know exactly what he’ll earn working for the White House.

A general assignment reporter for The Denver Post, Tom McGhee has covered business, police, courts, higher education and breaking news. He came to The Post from Albuquerque, N.M., where he worked for a year and a half covering utilities. He began his journalism career in New York City, worked for a pair of community weeklies that covered the west side of Manhattan from 14th Street to 125th Street.

As much of the country was gripped Wednesday by horrific images from the mass shooting at a Florida high school, two dozen senior Trump administration officials worked frantically into the night to thwart what they considered a different national security threat.

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